Python-list expression output [duplicate]

Question

a=["four", "score", "and", "seven", "years"][[0,2,3][1]]

print(a)

output is : and

What is the main logic of this expression ?

Mureinik · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-27 10:46:41Z

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You need to read such expressions from the inside out. Let's start with the original:

a = ["four", "score", "and", "seven", "years"][[0,2,3][1]]

[0,2,3] is a list, so you can access its elements with the [] operator. Since lists are zero-based, index 1 is the second item, which is 2:

a = ["four", "score", "and", "seven", "years"][2]

Here, again, we're accessing a list element by its index. 2 refers to the third element, which is "and".

answered Oct 27, 2016 at 10:46

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-27 11:31:24Z

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[0,2,3][1] gives 2 which goes into ["four", "score", "and", "seven", "years"][2] which in turn returns and.

answered Oct 27, 2016 at 10:47

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